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2016 Accreditation Chairs Update

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DamianKavanaghVicePresidentAccreditation&Membership(404)918-8850damian@sais.org

JoanneAndruscavageDirectorofAccreditation

(678)231-2908joanne@sais.org

CaroleWeemsAdmin&AccreditationAssistant(404)633-2203carole@sais.org

Overview• Summer Accreditation Summit Update• PreVisit▫ PreVisit email / phone call notes▫ PreVisit suggested schedule and tasks to accomplish▫ PreVisit report• Visit schedule template and team member assignments• Visit – team training materials• Documents and documentation• Report template addition• Review committees • Questions

Accreditation Summit

An opportunityto work

really hard

SummitSuperheroes

• 2014: Cobb Atkinson, Susan Banke, Jim Callis, Lee Conner, Angie Crabtree, Paula Gillispie, Brian Kennerly, Jay Underwood

• 2015: Marifred Cilella, Josh Clark, Denise Cooper, Pat Cuneo, Mark Hale, Susan Loubser, Robert McGehee, Steve O’Neil, Scott Phillipps, Pat Taylor, Sarah Whiteside, Michael Zavada

• 2016: Marifred Cilella, Rachel Deems, Paula Gillispie, Palmer Kennedy, David Noone, Scott Phillipps, Kelly Sanderson, Pat Taylor, Jay Underwood, Jackie Westerfield

Now recruiting the summit superheroes of summer of 2017

SummitHistory

• Year 1 progress▫ Revised language of indicators▫ Revised team report• Year 2 progress▫ Uncomplicate | Demystify | Simplify▫ DESIGN THINKING – a problem solving strategy• Year 3 progress▫ Hot Topics and how accreditation addresses▫ Process Review and Refine

THREE LEGS OF SAIS ACCREDITATION• Compliance: adhere to community and research

based standards• Growth: conduct a thorough self-study that leads

to institutional goals for strengtheningmission fulfillment

• Share and celebrate: host an externalreview from peer educational leaders

ThreeLegsofAccreditation

ThreeCirclesofAccreditation?

Accreditation:Balance

StandardsVerification

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PreVisit

• PreVisit email / phone call notes• PreVisit suggested schedule and

tasks to accomplish• PreVisit report

PreVisit

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PreVisit

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PreVisit – phonecall/emailnotes

Call ahead to let them know you are coming! YOU AND THE SCHOOL set the date of the previsit.

The previsit is very busy – you should plan for a full day and possibly come in the evening before.

www.sais.org/acc_previsit_note

PreVisit – suggestedschedule

Suggested Previsit schedule. Make sure that you have read all of the school’s responses to standards prior to arrival.

With an aggressive schedule like this, you need to be very well prepared.

www.sais.org/acc_previsit_procedure

PreVisit – reportofprevisit

PreVisit – reportofprevisit

PreVisit – reportofprevisit

PreVisit – whatdoesthatmean?

“The absence of these documents may delay the accreditation process”

This phrase is now in the Guidebook and in the Portal about documents and artifacts that should be present in order to substantiate that a school meets standards. Let the school know what docs or evidence they are missing so that you can see it.

www.sais.org/acc_documents

DocumentsandDocumentation

www.sais.org/acc_documents

VISIT– scheduletemplate

Revised schedule template suggests building in time for conversations among team members to come to consensus on standards and on commendations/recommendations.

Still, a very busy time!

www.sais.org/acc_schedule_template

VISIT– trainingyourteam

You lead your team through a presentation to train them. Usually this is done at the start of the visit during the first two hours. You are welcome to use technology to conduct this meeting before people arrive on site (goto meeting, google hangout, zoom meeting, skype, there are many web conferencing tools)

• USE THE POWERPOINT

• USE THE SCRIPT

www.sais.org/acc_chair_presentationwww.sais.org/acc_chair_script

VISIT– teamassignments

Team members are assigned to match up with the school’s strategic goal areas (as best as possible). If you can’t tell a team member’s areas of expertise or interest from their title, just ask them. In addition to goal areas, assign team members standards for due diligence.

VISIT– revisedreportsection

VISIT– revisedreportsection

CommunicationfromSAIStoschools

• Fall 2016 schools• Spring 2017 schools• Fall 2017 and beyond

ReviewCommitteeService

• Review Committee history• Teams comprised exclusively of SAIS Accreditation

Committee members• Reading partner during the same semester chairing• Reading partner offset a semester

• Review Committee future• Review teams chaired by a member of the SAIS

Accreditation Committee• Each team meets once (virtually) per semester to review a

set amount of reports and vote• First appeal to Accreditation Committee; subsequent

appeal to SAIS Board of Trustees

KirkWalker,Ph.D. President kirk@sais.org 423-227-2770

LoriSpear,CAE ExecutiveVicePresident lori@sais.org 404-561-5841

DamianKavanagh VP,Accreditation&Membership damian@sais.org 404-918-8850

LeeAnne Minnick DirectorofMemberServices&Technology leeanne@sais.org 404-633-6146

JoanneAndruscavage DirectorofAccreditation joanne@sais.org 678-231-2908

JuliaGrantham DirectorofAdministration julia@sais.org 404-561-1069

ChristinaMimms Content&MemberEngagementManager christina@sais.org 404-482-2711

AnnaTaylor SpecialEventsAssistant anna@sais.org 404-491-4698

CaroleWeems Admin&AccreditationAssistant carole@sais.org 404-633-2203

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